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within the industry;
(e) promote private ownership of telecommunication operations;
(f)
promote sustainable and fair competition between telecommunication
service providers;
(g) collect and disseminate information for use by the industry, consumers
and prospective investors;
(h) take reasonable steps to promote telecommunication services that will
satisfy reasonable demands of least advantaged members of the
communities for the provision of services such as emergency services,
public call box services and directory information services;
(i)
establish advisory committees composed of individuals with
appropriate expertise to fairly represent the views and interests of
users, consumers and operators and to advise the Authority on specific
or technical issues and such advisory committees shall be appointed
and conduct their business according to rules as the Authority may
issue;
(j)
represent Government, in consultation with the Minister, in
international matters relating to telecommunications
General powers of the Authority
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(1)
The Authority shall, without limiting its powers, issue such administrative
orders and rules as are necessary to
(a) appoint promote, remove and discipline staff;
(b) conduct the administrative operations of the Authority;
(c) establish its own internal organisation, including creation of bureaux,
divisions and offices as it may deem necessary for the exercise of its
powers;
(d) delegate its authority, which shall not extend to licensing, to the Chief
Executive and the bureaux, divisions and offices of the Authority;
(e) grant, amend and revoke licences;
(f)
oversee the overall management, administration and enforcement of
numbering schemes;
(g) assign frequencies, manage the use of the radio frequency spectrum
and satellite orbital locations;
(h) set technical standards and procedures to monitor adherence to such
standards;
(i)
contract for services of professional outside consultants and advisors
as may be necessary and prudent to the conduct of the business of
the Authority;